Two Tanzanian cargo drivers have tested positive for Coronavirus on arrival in Uganda, Ministry of Health says.
The confirmed 2 cases are: one case from 550 samples taken from the community and quarantine centers and another from 746 samples tested from truck drivers at border points of entry.
A total of 1,296 samples were tested today at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI).
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now is 63.
The patients are a 43- year- old Tanzanian male, truck driver who arrived from Tanzania on 17″ April, 2020.
However, he was a contact of the Tanzanian truck driver who tested positive on the 17th April, as they had travelled in the same vehicle.
Because of his close contact with that confirmed case, the ministry decided to quarantine him at Mulago hospital.
A test conducted on him today tested positive for COVID-19. He did not have COVID-19 signs and symptoms during quarantine.
The second one is aged 35, also a Tanzanian truck driver who arrived at Mutukula border post from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
He did not have any signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19.
Arrangements to evacuate him to Entebbe Grade B hospital are underway.
The development comes after 7 patients were discharged, 3 from Mulago National Specialized Hospital and 4 from Entebbe Grade B Hospital.
Each tested negative twice for COVID-19, at intervals of 24hrs. The total number of discharged patients is 45